Global Warming: New Research Blames Economic Growthhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120501134327.htmScienceDaily, May 1, 2012It's a message no one wants to hear: To slow down global warming, we'll either have to put the brakes on economic growth or transform the way the world's economies work. That's the implication of an innovative University of Michigan study examining the most likely causes of global warming.Scientists: Extinctions Just as Damaging as Climate Changehttp://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2012/05/extinctions-gnarly-global-warmingJulia Whitty, Mother Jones, May 2, 2012A new paper in the prestigious science journal Nature assesses one of the big questions in ecology today: How do species extinctions rack up compared to other global change issues like global warming, ozone holes, acid rain, and nutrient pollution (overfertilization)?PAPERhttp://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature11118.html

The climate for Labor backflipshttp://www.climatecodered.org/2012/05/climate-for-labor-backflips.htmlDavid Spratt, Climate Spectator, 3 May 2012This year the federal government has been very quiet about climate change. Climate Change Minister Greg Combet’s most recent media release on climate was on 23 March.That his statement was devoted to the coalition’s policy, not Labor’s, is indicative of the strategic failure that has beset Labor’s climate communications since 2008.

Bill McKibben, The Most Important Story of Our Liveshttp://www.tomdispatch.com/archive/175537/Bill McKibben, TomDispatch, 3 May 2012Climate change is actually the biggest thing that’s going on every single day. If we could only see that pattern we’d have a fighting chance

Will Natural Gas Fuel America in the 21st Century?http://www.postcarbon.org/report/331901-report-will-natural-gas-fuel-americaDavid Hughes, Post-carbon Institute, May 2011In this groundbreaking report, geoscientist David Hughes (formerly of Geological Survey of Canada) shatters the myth that U.S. natural gas can be a "bridge fuel" from high-carbon sources of energy like coal and oil to a renewable energy future

Annie Kia speaking at launch of CSG Free Community Strategyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAskswiuecYFull speech from Annie Kia, the organiser behind the CSG Free Community Strategy, at the Channon, northern NSW, Australia on 14 April 2012.

Climate Change Is Not A ‘Message.’ It’s An Objective Reality And An Urgent Crisis. That’s Why We Must Talk About It.http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/05/02/475761/climate-change-message-objective-reality-urgent-crisis-we-must-talk-about-it/KC Golden, via Climate Access, 2 May 2012Have climate campaigners learned the art of political communication too well? We poll and focus group. We segment audiences and target swings. We “go to people where they’re at” – activating live communication frames and salient issues. We move the dial. There is tactical merit in all this … but climate change is not a “message.” It’s an objective reality and an urgent crisis.

Gauging Public Opinion on Climate Change Policyhttp://www.npr.org/2012/05/04/152026803/gauging-public-opinion-on-climate-change-policyNPR, May 4, 2012Majorities of Americans say that global warming and clean energy should be among the nation's priorities, according to a new survey. Will those feelings translate into any action in the government? Anthony Leiserowitz of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication discusses the survey's findings.

Putting action into Direct Actionhttp://www.climatespectator.com.au/commentary/putting-action-direct-actionTristan Edis, Climate Spectator, 1 May 2012As explained in the article From Direct Action to Abbott’s Gospel Truth (April 24), the clean energy sector must convert the Coalition’s Direct Action policy into some more detailed and unambiguous “gospel truth” commitments before the next election. Without further detail nailed down about this policy, it runs the risk of going the way of other grant tendering schemes that made for impressive press releases and precious little else.

Nature Is Not A Commodity: The Path to Rio+20http://www.alternet.org/story/155162/nature_is_not_a_commodity%3A_the_path_to_rio%2B20David Korten, Alternet, April 26, 2012With these three words, Karma Tshiteem, Secretary of the Bhutan Gross National Happiness Commission, ended his brief description of Bhutan’s distinctive approach to economic development. It caught my attention because of the striking contrast to our common Western phrase, “Time is money.”

Sea-level rise: towards understanding local vulnerabilityhttp://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/opinion/49392ERW, 26 April 2012Projections of global sea-level rise into the future have become more pessimistic over the past five years or so. A global rise by more than one metre by the year 2100 is now widely accepted as a serious possibility if greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated.